Re: [Fwd: Continued alpha hanging]

["Calvin Coghlan" <CCoghlan dc-is org>]

Thanks,

Forgot to mention the ground.

Calvin.

>>> Maurice Hilarius <maurice@harddata.com> 10/18/99 06:26PM >>>
With regards to your message at 01:15 PM 10/18/99 -0500, Calvin Coghlan. 
Where you stated:
>On the topic of UPS's:  Not to say that your problem is the incoming 
>power,  but most people I have ran into do not understand that most UPS do 
>not condition the power.  Backup UPS do not condition the power when 
>drawing from the utility.  Only when you are on battery do you get a 
>cleaned power.  Some of them boost the power when there is a sag (brown 
>out) but it is not conditioned.  Only true on-line UPS condition the power 
>that is only because of the nature of their design.  If you have the 
>equipment and know what you are doing(!) you can check the quality of your 
>power.
And even then, most have a common ground that simply passes through, and as 
the chances of noise or spikes are at least as good on ground than on hot 
or neutral it is unlikely to help you much..


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